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Jesmin is a community health care provider at the Krisnakathi Community Clinic in the southern delta region of Bangladesh. Her training did not prepare her to counsel new mothers, especially those who are lactating, on topics such as when and what to feed their infants or concerns that their…
UPDATE - August 30, 2013: The SPRING/Digital Green collaboration and feasibility study that was launched in November 2012 is progressing well and receiving encouraging initial feedback from stakeholders and local communities.
Rajopa is a housewife living with her husband, a day laborer, and their four children in the Charkhalifa village of Barisal Division in the southern delta region of Bangladesh. For years, Rajopa and her husband have struggled to feed their family on a marginal income. With funding from the U.S.…
This page covers some of the frequently asked questions (FAQs) posed to SPRING.
On January 21st, 2014, SPRING hosted the Ag2Nut Community of Practice call, featuring Alexis Hoskins and Veronique De Schutter of the World Food Programme.
A summary of practical recommendations to use HIES data for nutrient intake deductions.
On October 29th, 2013, Charlotte Dufour (FAO) shared her perspectives on the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) nutrition capacity development workshops that took place in Fall 2013.
How better to show SPRING’s ongoing work in Bangladesh than to ask the US Ambassador and the USAID Mission Director to participate in a refresher homestead food production course for local women?
Drawing on the multi-sectoral expertise of its diverse partners, SPRING is providing technical leadership in bringing agriculture and nutrition experts together to improve health outcomes in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. Through the U.S.
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Household Consumption and Expenditure Surveys (HCES)—a collective term for multi-purpose household surveys—are a valuable resource for understanding food consumption patterns and nutrient intakes and identifying communities where nutrition interventions are highly needed.
Tools and Guidance for Community-Based Multi-Sectoral Nutrition ProgrammingSPRING pioneered the Farmer Nutrition School (FNS) model of group-based learning for resource-poor households in Bangladesh to improve their production and consumption of diversified, micronutr
On February 27thth, 2014, five experts discussed global efforts to define and implement indicators that accurately measure access to nutritious food.
SPRING has developed a series of briefs (below) that illustrate how a set of evidence-based pathways and principles can strengthen agriculture and nutrition linkages under Feed the Future
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TOPS, SPRING, and USAID kicked off the first event in its webinar series examining how a focus on gender can support improved nutrition through agriculture.